They told her she was sick. They lied.
The Astraean Empire ended famine, cured disease, and gave its citizens two hundred years of life.
Akari Hara has devoted her life to Princess Estelle since they were both just five years old.
But
Akari is the Daughter of Rhea — a direct descendant of the Mad Queen
who destroyed her own country and starved the continent. And just like
her mother before her, she will die before she is thirty, while Estelle
will go on living another century without her.
Every morning and every evening, Akari takes a compound her physician tells her will keep her stable for as long as possible.
Yasu Kharona planned to die. After fourteen years apart, he goes to the palace for one last look, to know she's okay.
But Akari isn't okay. And when he sees her, he changes his mind.
Within a day, the drug is out of her blood and a city district has rotted to the ground.
The medicine was never treatment. It was control, and the Empire has been doing this to her family for a thousand years.
Akari doesn't want revenge. She wants a quiet life with the people she loves.
And that's the one thing the Empire can never allow.
"Fallow Goddess" by Kathryn Antoinette is an Epic Grimdark Fantasy featuring violence, gore, suicidal themes, abuse, addiction, forced marriage, and traumatic themes. Reader Discretion Advised.
About the Author
Kathryn Antoinette is the author of Fallow Goddess, the first book in
The Daughter of Rhea series. She writes dark romantic science fantasy
exploring power, trauma, love, and the systems that shape the lives of
ordinary people.
Signed copies of her books are available on her website at daughterofrhea.com.